Augusta News

Jeanne Rocque of Augusta was one of a number of activists who attended a "No More Names" gun control rally on Monday, June 17, 2013, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregational Church in Augusta.

In this May 23, 2013 photo, Gov. Paul LePage signs a veto letter after the Senate gave final passage to a bill that links repayment of Maine's hospital debt with an expansion of Medicaid.

From Robin Diener of the DC Library Renaissance Project : Dear Library Friends and Advocates: As you may know, DC Library Renaissance Project has been calling for a Citizens Task Force on the Future of MLK since the central library debacle of 2006.

Nichole Cable is seen in an undated photo provided by the Penobscot County Sheriff s Department.

Randal Manning, Executive Director Board of Licensure in Medicine 137 State House Station Phone: 287-3601.

Not everyone thinks about BMX when they think of Maine but these guys have a great scene that is filled with original creative riders as proven by Tim Packard's ACCENT edit.

Emdeon has acquired Goold Health Systems, an Augusta, Maine-based health care management organization that provides pharmacy benefit and related services, primarily to state Medicaid agencies across the nation, according to a release .

As few as 10 percent of individuals who witness an overdose call 911, with most doing so only after their attempts to revive the victims are unsuccessful, expert says AUGUSTA, Maine Democrats on Monday reacted with dismay to Gov. Paul LePage's veto of a bill that would improve the chances that a person would survive a drug overdose.

Marcine and Nita Lou Webb marked 65 years of marriage with a trip to Augusta, Maine, completing a mission to visit all 50 state capitols.

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From left to right: Ed McKersie , Mary Beth Turcotte , and Deb Whitworth . PORTLAND and AUGUSTA, Maine, and MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mary Beth S. Turcotte, Bernstein Shur's director of human resources, was honored with the 2013 Maine HR Leader of the Year award by the Society for Human Resource Management Maine State Council at the annual Maine HR ... (more)

Seriously. The Portland Press Herald reports that 86-year-old Marcine Webb and his wife, 81-year-old Nita Lou Webb, were in Augusta last week to complete their quest to visit every state capitol.

Augusta police are looking for a city man they say sent a 35-year-old woman to the hospital with several stab wounds.

June 07--AUGUSTA, Maine -- Lawmakers propose to temporarily increase the sales tax by a half a percent and the meals and lodging tax by 1 percent in order to balance the state budget for the next two years and blunt some of the cuts proposed by Gov. Paul LePage.

Norma Dowling of North Berwick, Maine, was the first in a line of many Thursday waiting to greet returning veterans from Afghanistan at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease.

AUGUSTA, Maine A teenager told her boyfriend that the man now charged in her death tried to kiss and grope her the night before she disappeared in a bizarre abduction plot, according to court documents released on Thursday.

AUGUSTA, Maine -- A local man who pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges was indicted by a Kennebec County grand jury on Friday for 12 charges of gross sexual assault.

AUGUSTA, Maine-The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine recently announced the winners of its "Lawrence Alan Spiegel Scholarship" essay contest, Outstanding Student of the Year Awards and Holocaust Educator Professional Development Grant.

Everyone could see it coming: Two trains were headed for an epic collision, and sure enough, those two engines collided this week in Augusta, Maine.

WWE House Show Report 6.02.13: Augusta, ME Posted by Larry Csonka on 06.03.2013 Some WWE House show results... Credit Dan Graulich and wrestlingobserver.com : 1. R-Truth pinned Antonio Cesaro - Truth was over with the crowd.